Happy fun teasing time, nothing more. Right. Mao looked mildly surprised, maybe even impressed, by the turn the conversation had taken. Spanking. Wow. His grin remained constant. “Hm… I’m pretty stubborn, I dunno. I don’t like to learn lessons. But I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how well your methods work. I’m going to be bad eventually, it's inevitable.” Was that a subtle invitation? Maybe.
Sweetie? Oof. Mao wrinkled his nose a little. He wasn’t big on saccharine terms of endearment. You know, unless used ironically, and in a safely sarcastic tone. “Yeah, yeah, make it sound easy.” A little pouty, he didn’t like the implication that he was too dumb to have figured out how to get technology to do his work for him. Of course, that likely wasn’t what Vaughn intended, but Mao could be a sensitive little thing. “I’ll bring it next time, then.”
The ding to his pride was smoothed over by more talk of how hot he supposedly was. “Maybe it's not sexy, but it's pretty forward, I’d say.” Not many people just threw out their opinion on the looks of their friends on the spot like that. Especially not when they thought they were hot.
The tickle under his chin earned a laugh and Mao half heartedly swatted the hand away. “Oh, right. Of course. We haven’t been flirting at all this whole time. Thank you for clearing that up.” Only friendly banter here, folks. Nothing to get worked up about.
“So… Wanna watch that movie I left you? It's fun and gory and about eating people, so obviously it's one of my favorites.” Mao was a connoisseur of cannibal movies, and Ravenous was tip top on the list. “It's also, like, vaguely homoerotic, in my opinion, if that helps sells it any.”